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A Very Ecumenical Christmas
Why conservatives despise the phrase happy holidays.
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Correction, Dec. 19: The name of department-store mogul John Wanamaker was originally misspelled in the article. (Return to the corrected sentence.)
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David Greenberg, a professor of history and media studies at Rutgers and author of three books of political history, has written the "History Lesson" column since 1998.
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